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Duplex House
Location14 & 16 William Street SOUTH YARRA, STONNINGTON CITY LevelIncluded in Heritage Overlay |
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Statement of Significance
What is significant? The semi-detached pair are massed to look like a single mansion, sharing a very wide two-storey canted bay at the centre of the front facade, which is flanked by return verandahs with cast-iron detail. The projecting bay is finished with cast and run cement render detail, as are the rear wings which sit behind the return verandahs. The walls beneath the verandah, however, are of polychrome brick. The front fences and rear extensions are not significant. How is it significant? Why is it significant? Technically, the design of 14 & 16 William Street displays a very creative and successful solution to the massing of semi-detached dwellings, using a massive two-storey canted bay window at the centre of the shared facade, which creates a sculptural building read as a whole. This form has not been identified elsewhere in Stonnington, but suggests the melding of two typical asymmetrical Italianate villas. (Criterion F)
The semi-detached pair of two-storey houses at 14 & 16 William Street, South Yarra, are significant. They were built by Toorak builder, Henry Everest, c.1877 along with houses at 10 William Street and 12 William Street (demolished).
The pair at 14 & 16 William Street is of local aesthetic and technical significance to the City of Stonnington.
Aesthetically, the pair is distinguished by modelled render ornament to the massive front canted bay of the highest quality. The contrast of the polychrome brickwork with the rendered parts of the building is also unusual and striking. (Criterion E)
Group
Residential buildings (private)
Category
Duplex